Old Spanish

Definitions

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proper n. Early form of the Spanish language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of Modern Spanish.

Etymologies

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Examples

For example, in Old Spanish several words like rapoza "fox", cán "dog", hiniestra window" and "Rovrico "Roderick" competed with zorro, perro, ventana and Rodrigo but the latter four eventually won out in Modern Spanish.

Latin initial h was valueless in V.L. and usually was not written in Old Spanish (Lat. habere, O.Sp. aver, modern haber); its appearance in the modern speech is due to an unnecessary etymological restoration.